Bowl connection.



J. LAPRANGE.

BOWL CONNECTION.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 12, 1913. nmuzwnn APR. 20, 1914. 1,1 17,406.

Patented Nov. 17, 1914.

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THE NORRIS PETERS cn.. PHOTD LITHOY, WASHINGI'ON. n C,

JOSEPH LAFRANCE, OF MONTREAL, QUEBEC, CANADA.

BOWL CONNECTION.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 1'17, 1914.

Application filed April 12, 1913, Serial No. 760,796, Renewed April 29, 1914. Serial No. 835,335.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Josnm-I Lsrnnnon, a subject of the Kingoi' Great Britain, of the city of Montreal, in the county of Hochelaga, in the Province of Quebec, in the Dominion of Canada, has invented certain new and useful Improvements Relating to Bowl Connections, and do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact descrip tion of the same.

The invention relates to an improved coniection for bowls, one object being to devise a means for securing a closet bowl fitting to a floor in such a manner that the setting or vibration of the building will not in any way loosen the joint.

Another object is to provide a connection,

of a simple nature, particularly suitable for the wooden floors of dwellings, cheap, du-

, tion oi the buildlng .Ylll all'cct the oint, for

rable and non-leaking.

Briefly the invention consists in providing the outlet pipe with a pair of outwardly extending distanced flanges forming an annular recess in which the flooring extends and an inwardly extending flange in the interior of the pipe forming a recess into which the short tubular extension at the bottom of the bowl extends, packing being provided around said extension on the inside of the pipe and suitable bolts or screws securing the bowl to the floor through the usual flange.

The invention will be better understood with the aid of the accompanying drawings, in which Figure l is a vertical section showing a portion of flooring and the connection of the bowl and outlet pipe thereto, and Fig. 2 shows a portion of the outlet pipe in elevation.

Referring to the drawings 1 indicates the outlet pipe which may be a bent pipe or a straight pipe as desired, said pipe having an outwardly extending flange 2 at its extreme upper end and an outwardly extending flange 3 preferably of larger diameter, said flanges forming an annular recess 4: around. the upper end of said pipe into which the flooring boards 5 extend, said flooring of course, being fitted around the pipe and filling in the recess 4.

5 is a short inwardly extending flange in the interior of the pipe 1 a short distance Copies of this patent may "be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the below the flange 3, thus forming the upper end of said pipe into a cup shaped recess into which the short tubular extension 6 of the bowl is litted, a little space being left between said extensions and the pipe for packing purposes.

7 is the bowl having the usual outwardly extending flooring flange S and provided with a recess 9 to accommodate the flange 2 at the upper end of the pipe 1, said recess being large enough to allow a little packing between the bowl flange 2, and 10 is a suitable packing material lilling said space and the space between the extension 6 and pipe 1.

11 are bolts or screws passing through corresponding orifices in the flange 8 of the bowl 7 and securing said bowl to the floor.

In this invention, an important feature is that no amount oi rocking, setting or vibrathe pipe 1. at its upper end is rigidly connected to the flooring, so that it cannot move in any direction, and of course the bowl is scoured to the flooring as before explained so wherever the floor moves, the pipe 1 and bowl 7 will move with it and the joint will be firmly maintained.

\Vhat I claim as my invention is 1 In a bowl connection means, a soil pipe litting in the form oi an outlet pipe having a pair of outwardly extending integral flanges at its open upper end forming an annular channel-sectioned recess which is tilled by the flooring and also having a short inwardly extendingstop flange a short distance from its upper end, a bowl having a floor flange with a recess in its under side completely and freely inclosing the uppermost one of said pair of flanges and also having a dowm ard tubular extension freely depending within the upper end of said litting and reaching to said stop flange, packing material encircling said extension and completely filling said bowl recess on all sides oi said top flange, and means for securing said floor flange to the flooring.

Signed at the city of Montreal, Canada, this 11th day of March, 1913.

JOSEPH LAFRANOE.

Witnesses M. PATENAUDE, L. Ln'rnnmnn.

Commissioner of (Patents,

Washington, D. 0. 

